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EXPERIENCE OF SNAKE BITE CASES IN HAZARA DIVISION, KP, PAKISTAN
Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Background: Snake bite is one of the important public health problems. The objective of the study was to assess the demographic and clinical features of snake bite patients.
Abdul Rauf +4 more
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The North-South divide in snake bite envenomation in India
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2016 Snake bite envenomations are common in rural areas and the incidence peaks during monsoons in India. Prominent venomous species have been traditionally labeled as the ′big four′ that includes Cobra, Krait, Russel′s viper and Saw scaled viper.
Vivek Chauhan, Suman Thakur
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.We developed a population viability analysis to inform reintroduction strategies for the endangered Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), incorporating age‐specific vital rates, release costs on survival and reproduction, environmental and demographic stochasticity, and catastrophic events.
Elisa Neves +8 more
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Snake bite complicated by acute kidney injury secondary to necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2014 We present a 38-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of a snake bite. He developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and the kidney biopsy showed necrotizing glomerulonephritis, which is rarely reported in AKI after snake bite.
Mohammad A Al Qahtani +5 more
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Presentation, management, and outcome of snake-bite in two district hospitals in Ghana [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: the burden of disease represented by snakebites is widely underestimated and often neglected public health problem in the tropics. There is insufficient epidemiological data to guide distribution of antivenin and proper management of ...
Adjei, George +9 more
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How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
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Clinical profile of snake bite envenomation in children
Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2013 Background: Snake bite is a common medical emergency seen mainly in rural areas in tropical and subtropical countries. This descriptive observational study aimed to examine the epidemiological and clinical features of snake bite envenomation in a state ...
Vishal Gupta, Nalini Bhaskaranand
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Acute hypopituitarism - a rare complication of vasculotoxic snake bite: A case report
Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2014 Venomous snake bite is an important public health hazard in tropical countries including India. Vasculotoxic snake bites are well known to cause local cellulitis, local tissue necrosis, bleeding manifestations, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Amrish Saxena +4 more
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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Snake bite, a problem in public health, generally occurs where there is no electric power. METHODS: A comparative clinical study was conducted with 102 victims of Bothrops snake bite, from the state of Amazonas, Brazil; 58 victims were ...
Iran Mendonça da Silva +1 more
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